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MY HERO ACADEMIA - I'm gonna be real with you, I don't really like Hound Dog all that much. That's a... strange way to throw yourself under the bus. I'm not entirely sure if it was smart for Deku to return to the scene like he did. Apparently it wasn't. Huh, so being honest really did work this time. You're a pretty cool guy, Ectoplasm. Yeah, just imagine how easy it would've been for Deku to go full villain if he was put down for being quirkless any more than he already was. I do like how Aoyama's been looking out for Deku lately. Fuck off, background assholes. At least everyone else is enthusiastic about the show. You can't not love Present Mic. "There are some students who blame Class 1-A for the school's current situation, but who gives a shit about them?" The fact that there's only two of them (that we know) is just gonna make their forced hate look even more pathetic. All I can say about the performance is, they absolutely sold it, even with Iida still doing robot moves and the most subtle of Mineta's pervy reactions yet. Bonus points for the only two haters in the building being won over not even a minute in! 😁 Also, Jiro's parents are cool af, and I'm not sure what was up with Hagakure getting all super-shiny but I approve. Say what you will about Flo and Jamie, but Mara is literally the worst of the Progressive agent OCs. Class 1'B's trainwreck of a stage play is pretty fun too. Geez, All Might, you gotta know when too many calls are just too many. Please get out of his face, Hound Dog, you're distressing me more than you are him. (Still, that loss of human speech is always good. ) Her smile and optimism: restored and (hopefully) here to stay. Shut the fuck up, Mineta. It's still hard to believe that I'm taking Bakugo's side on this one all the way. Okay, maybe not that far... Huh, so that explains his weirdly intense work ethic. Holy shit this bitch is ridiculous. 🙃 Kirishima and Tetsutetsu: the best of bros. A lot of these background characters look wackier than usual. I like the look on #8. That "You're in the Picture" setup for the twin towers doesn't look quite right. Shinso looks like he was born to play a bit part in a haunted house. I do like the tried and true trope of the previous multi-time winner taking their loss in stride. It's not the most perfect-looking candy apple I've seen, but I'm sure it tasted great. Meanwhile, at the police station... I'd be cool with them both doing a reluctant Heel Face Turn, even if it's ultimately offscreen. PARANOIA AGENT - Poor girl's wearing a knock-off Maromi necklace. Oh hey, connections are finally being made (public). Yes, it's strange seeing yourself on TV out of nowhere like that. Welp, there goes her security blanket. That "beating around the bush" phrase always stuck with me for some reason, probably the same reason I remember hearing the word "inept" in Naruto, or "qualms" in Death Note. Even looking at his new residence-to-be, he looks like he's up to no good. Wait, so is he bribing them into bribing him, or what? "...You're not coming on to me again, are you?" It really is the kink that made kinkshaming one of its own. You gotta love montage-supported hypocrisy. UNIMPORTANT YET INTERESTING FACT: Patrick Seitz's first ever anime role was as a mutant clone of Jesus in this anime here. Certainly spelled out his future career as a go-to for anime badasses, wouldn't you say? I don't trust this guy or his forehead dot. That is a pretty fucked thing to do to him, no matter what he's done before now. (Or maybe I'm just mis-gauging it, as I tend to do.) He gonna rob that old lady. Ah yes, the downslope, the place where they're least to expect or prevent it. "I have altered the deal, pray I don't alter it further." It's almost brilliant how these two commercials show the sharp contrast in quality of [as]'s originals. Oh right, he was the one who saw Joker!Harumi walking with the umbrella. (And I forgot about that blink-or-you'll-miss-it slasher grin. [shudders]) "I'm glad it's not happening in our territory." Yeah, 'cause he'd be found out if it did. Again, hypocrisy montages are the best. The yakuza sure love extorting people for as much cash as they can. Happiness and suffering are two sides of the same coin, like passion and indifference. At this time in my life, I'm just wondering how he figured out this specific couple was holding onto that much money. I'm also at the time in my life where I can't see even basic bondage as anything but a sex thing. Now this... This is a different kind of sex thing entirely. 😰 Of all the things for Ikari to see on his walk back from work... To quote one of my OCs, "there’s a reason behind every crime, even if it’s as simple as self-amusement." To add to that, "no reason" is also a reason, as lazy as that sounds. Maromi is watching you, even when it isn't really Maromi. YASUNORI MIYAZAWA SAKUGA SPOTTED. SHIT COUNT: 2. Of all the people to have taken down Lil' Slugger, it's almost comical that it was this guy who did it. Heyyyy jealousy. Next week, Ikari channels his inner Jurgens and picks the wrong year to quit smoking. MOB PSYCHO 100 - It's also a time for unleashing your inner chuunibyou while it's still acceptable. All these early bird character cameos. These OPM cameos wouldn't mean as much if we didn't have it on the block first. Porn sites are no problem if you've got AdBlock, it's the church forums you've gotta worry about malware-wise. He may be a lousy psychic, but he's a talented masseuse! Is it the nature of takoyaki to taste hot to people who can't handle spicy food? Or is it an all-around deal like with horseradish and wasabi? KISS!Mob or Chaplin!Mob, that is the question. I can safely say that I spent the good portion of my time in middle school watching anime and not doing any after-school activities like my well-meaning social skills teacher wanted me to. I can no longer hear the word "pissant" without thinking of Jingai's portrayal of Yammy. I still don't get what's so "creepy" about the Telepathy Club as a concept, unless they're leaving out something. Heh, All-the-Way Tome. "It's shady as hell," says the equally shady guy. In a way, they're both right. The hairy legs are what's giving Reigen away as an obvious crossdresser. From what I've heard and read, Scoob! sounds like some CG attempt at the beginnings of a Hanna-Barbera multiverse. UNPOPULAR OPINION OF THE MOMENT: That short-haired thug chick is actually kinda cute. There's nothing more haunted than an empty Japanese grade school art room, especially ones with random busts. No worries here, he's just sensitive about how others perceive him. I wonder what room that one with the pillars is. Auditorium, maybe? Damn, this school is pretty loaded, the more I look at it. The other day, I just realized there's no anime based around women's soccer. And just like that, Mob got himself an unexpected legion of fangirls. God this show's oil paint art is amazing. MAKE POSES WITH US. The vice prez speaks a lotta sense, for being your standard student council anal-retentive guy. 🤣 Without a doubt, this was the show's best punchline. Mother's Basement had a point when he said the live-action botched it with its own interpretation of events, but I don't think he really had to be such an elitist asshole about it. (At least Top_Gun only sounds like an elitist when he picks apart shows he doesn't like...) Okay, so Reigen just can't deal with anything hot in general. BLACK CLOVER - How nice of them to air the post-credits sequence they skipped out on last week. Looks like a bird but sounds like a frog. "Weird day..." That's understating it quite a bit there, Finral. Nope, the Devil's still completely lame. Just call her Char, it's shorthand for her name no matter who's in control. NOT NOW, LICHT. Yeah, no surprise Asta drew the straw so short it's practically nonexistent in the "magic powers" lottery. I think that's because garden variety demons are incapable of sweating, unlike their sex machine counterparts. Was... was that backwards speak? Oh no, he's attacking them with Bad CG! Less talking, more doing. Yeah, I wouldn't want my arm to get swallowed up by that mass either. "Damn, he keeps getting more overpowered..." Hey, you think Asta's sword can cut through that mass? Welp, that answers that. Now's not the time to be catty, Yuno. This Coke Zero narrator voice is making me feel weird all over and not in any recognizably good way. Yep, turns out our anti-bird friend was a cute girl this whole time. If only Finral's dick knew what the "present" entailed as much as his brain does. ADVENTURE~! Oh hey, the green sperms are back! Meanwhile, in the year 1520... The First Wizard King truly was the Julius of his day. "Also, your clothes are strange." "What? But I made them myself..." "That's why they're strange." It's a shame Asta was born 500 years too late, he could've really used that prototype. Conservatives... Conservatives never change. It's strange hearing the adjective "Elvish" outside of Lord of the Rings. He's literally the "you should come to my house and fuck my sister!" guy. Don't go, it's an obvious distraction! Curse you, Discount Honest! I'm not sure if he looks better or worse as a formless floating blob of energy. "...so even you won't escape from those bonds so easily." So what you're saying is, they are escapable. Thanks, Secre. "Oh shit, everything's on fire!" The true Licht really was a cool guy after all. And he was also the demon from the avant title, who'dve guessed? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ VENTO AUREO - It was a dark and stormy night at the women's prison... This pregnancy must be the work of an enemy STAND! She probably had someone smuggle his semen in and artificially inseminated herself while no one was looking. His eye color must change every time he blinks. Friend frog returns! And as one would expect, he once again survives. That must be Trish's mother. My recording seems to be awfully glitchy this time, better turn on closed captions just in case. Oh dear, it seems you've seen it. Tethering one's lips shut looks and sounds painful as hell. And so he escaped, but the worst was yet to come... Didn't expect that kid to be smart enough avoid getting isekai'd. For a guy who buried his mother alive, killed a priest and burned a village, this guy sure seems like a total loser. Fortune tellers: also shady as hell. Damn this guy's good. You fool, you've awakened... THE BOSS. In what way was that death "the least painful"? Poor kid's scarred for life, I'm personally surprised the Boss left him alive. INTERESTING, IF TRUE. Can't say I really blame that guy for almost getting his eye gouged out with a single finger. DORIRIRIRIRIRIRIRIRIRIRI. This takes "talking to yourself" to a whole other level. "It's Metallica!" [guitar riff] FACEPLANT. This is going way too well to end as well as it implies. I'll consider that one a lucky break. I don't know what's more painful, the razorblade puke or the nails through the face. Either way, this guy's ability appears to be teleporting random metal weapons into people's bodies. Great Scott, not another frog! And then he was King Crimson now, dawg. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - I have a feeling these return-to-canon news updates are gonna be commonplace now. As toxic as her attraction to Sasuke is, I am starting to enjoy Sakura's anger issues again. Goddammit Bee. PHRASES WITHOUT CONTEXT: "Gay sex with hats on." That's an awfully red-looking blood moon up there. Please stop with this narration, Katsuyu, it's getting kinda cringey over here, even for someone of my level of tolerance. There's something creepy about how White Zetsu's teeth are all individually drawn. I can't read these graphs without axis labels! THE CLONES. Termites ain't gonna do shit against ninja wood. Invincible enemies, how annoying. Those damn Uchihas always gotta screw things up for the rest of us. That probably explains why Sasuke's acting so uncharacteristically edgy lately. Punch a White Zetsu and prevent deforestation! It's also creepy how they're always smiling like that. Holy shit, Naruto's gotten real good at this chakra control thing, I'm almost definitely proud to see him develop like this from his original "can't even make a working clone" state. These music videos keep getting stranger all the time; this was actually one of the better ones. Fucking magnets, how do they work? DEUS EX RASENGAN. If the laughter's long and awkward enough, clearly one of them's an enemy. (Clearly.) And I see those four are still marching their way over. SAND WAVE. Neat, so that's what Gaara's dad can do. Next time, daddy issues are gonna get resolved.

Cinderella Boy 7 Good news: the disc is perfectly playable. Bad news: the problem wasn't with VLC, turns out my 7 year-old DVD driver's starting to crap out. Looks like I'm gonna have to use my dad's external disc player for when I marathon (and finally finish) Inuyasha later this year.

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 7

"Having girls call you Daddy during sex is gross." "Stop kinkshaming me!" "Kinkshaming is my kink." 12:00 - My Hero Academia #86 - Let it Flow! School Festival!! - TV-PG 12:30 - Paranoia Agent #4 - A Man's Path - TV-MALS 1:00 - Mob Psycho 100 #2 - Doubts About Youth ~The Telepathy Club Appears~ - TV-14DS 1:30 - Black Clover #117 - Breaking the Seal - TV-PGL 2:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind #26 - A Little Story from the Past: My Name is Doppio - TV-MAV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #296 - Naruto Enters the Battle! - TV-PGV [...ahhhhhhhhhh!]

A little late, but here's a now semi-relevant segment from an ancient (read: early 2010's) comic.

>TV Guide No thank you.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb 2 Gungrave 19

...How did you get this information? Hell, how do we even know that this information is 100% legitimate?

On the topic of hentais, the only ones I've seen are Cool Devices episodes 1 and 10, and all of Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita. I'd have watched Mezzo Forte, to make the experience of watching Mezzo DSA episode 5 before it a little less awkward, but I couldn't find the non-hentai version online, so it's still off my list.

Literally all I know about Fire Emblem is that the main character's named Marth and it has a bunch of waifus that everyone loves. Can't say I'm interested beyond that.

The Qwaser of Stigmata Picture Drama 2 Kengan Ashura 21 By the time I reach the end, it's gonna be my go-to example of the show I'm pissed doesn't have another season already available.

Oh right, the heart disease...

Which Goku? Masako Nozawa? Sean Schemmel? Kirby Morrow? Peter Kelamis? Or is it Goku the character himself?

Flowers of Evil 10 I'd also be watching Cinderella Boy 7 tonight, but I hit an extremely large snag that I'm going to vent about under the spoiler below, if any of you're interested.

Yeah, this week's episode was great. 😁

Gleipnir 6

The names people give to "hentai" nowadays... 😬

He says, unaware that four shows come before JoJo and, based on general trends, all of them placed within the top 7 cable originals of the week. Pessimists, the bunch of ya.

While we're on the topic of the Pussycats, am I the only one who thinks Ragdoll got robbed and robbed hard? She has a great design and a fun personality, but all she gets, in terms of the anime, is a handful of lines in one episode before being relegated to just a living example to demonstrate All for One's Quirk-stealing ability. Easily my biggest problem with season 3 right there, and the only reason I'm not as frustrated with it as I could be is that I was expecting Tiger to have way less dialogue and screentime, and the opposite proving true was a pleasant surprise. Honestly, the fandom did Ragdoll one better with that comic where she uses her Quirk to learn All Might's weakness (out of curiosity from the group as a whole) and decides to keep what she finds to herself.

And now the first chapter is on DeviantArt. Coming at you not-really-new every Sunday that Mob reruns on Toonami, which hopefully totals 12.

"If You Wanna Be My Lover" is as far as my off-hand knowledge of Spice Girls songs goes, but hey, the more you know. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ EDIT: Turns out "Wannabe" is the name of that very song. I really don't know shit for having two master's degrees.

I'm gonna hafta argue those first two.

South Park, "AWESOME-O". They were originally gonna air a sequel to the "Death Camp of Tolerance" episode centering on the class gerbil Lemmiwinks, but production fell through for reasons I can't recall, so when it came time for Comedy Central to air it, they cooked up a simple episode where Cartman pretended to be a robot to mess with Butters and had it air instead, with an on-screen disclaimer blaming unexplained "events in Hawaii" for Lemmiwinks 2 not seeing the light of day. MOB PSYCHO 100 - This rerun may be a mere message that Toonami's starting to weaken to the point where no amount of positive spin from Demarco can make the doomsayers sound as ridiculous as they have been, as a fan of Mob, I still think it's a welcome addition to see its return. (And also a fitting excuse to headcanon some justification behind [as] "producing" season 2 of Kunoichi; don't ask if you don't wish to know how deep that specific rabbit hole goes.) Reigen is the goddamn best, hopefully Niosi gets welcomed back into the industry at some point, I'd hate for him to be blacklisted for life like Vic, Scott and Illich before him. PARANOIA AGENT - All these anime figurines watching the fat otaku have sex with that hooker always crack me up for some reason. (I think I used the meido as an icon once during the ASMB years.) S&P looks like they're doing better with the pixelation this episode around. Pimps in Japan sound so much friendlier than the American equivalent. Turns out it was the student counselor from last episode this whole time. (I personally love how her presence is used as the bridge between last episode and this one.) Yeah, finding a connection between Kawazu and Ushiyama will be tough, if not downright impossible without running the risk of fat-shaming. MARILYN MONROE~. "By the way, nice bag 'cause it's mine now." I actually saw The Three Faces of Eve a while back, so I can't say the doctor calling forth the split personality is totally ungrounded. Ah, graduate school; a place I have no intention of returning to post-graduation, despite not suffering as much under it as one would think I'd be. That proposal was awfully casual. 😰 Oh Hirukawa, you're incorrigible. I remember when they added steam to that scene to censor her ass. The pigtails look works for her. Well that period of peace didn't last as long as I'd thought it would. CAW CAW. "Marrying yourself off behind my back is one thing, but boxing up all my stuff? Fuck that noise!" I much prefer the Progressive staff interactions to the stupid "becoming your parents club" ads they've been doing on the side. Only Japan would have extremely budget-conscious weddings be a common thing. "I wish I was at the office grading papers right now." You had me at spankings. I have a feeling that necklace is gonna wind up in a trash bin sometime later. In theory it's a smart move, but it all depends on how well he takes the fact that your split personality is a literal whore. Out of the mouths of narcissistic babes. Not gonna lie, I love that the sky looks like someone spilled magenta printer ink all over and called it a day. And here I thought Japan burned all their trash. Dang, Maromi sure is popular with taxi drivers. You know the problem's bad when your alter ego starts throwing out your stuff in turn. It was oddly nice, yet also bitchy, for her to leave the necklace out where she could find it like that. The katakana in place of hiragana means she's extra deranged. Yes, but has getting cleared made you any less self-centered? I always did find this one of the more distressingly strange episodes of PA back when I watched it the first couple of times. But damn is it a good at showing the struggle between two split personalities at each other's throats. Here it is, the beginning of Maniwa's descent into madness. Parking lot must've been full that day. (Note how the cow is missing from the chain of representative victims.) That's right, the guy who has girls call him "Daddy" during sex is a policeman. And here's the obligatory sentient Maromi cameo. NEXT WEEK: Forget Hirukawa's problems, let's focus on this random couple who found Harumi after her mental breakdown! The Rick Dance seems less out-of-place and forced in this HBO Max ad than it did in the R&M episode it came from. BLACK CLOVER - The Devil looks like Ryuk and Ulquiorra (Segunda Etapa mode) had an ugly bastard child. Oh good, the captains are here. OH FUCK YEAH BLACK CATCHER TIME. Dark elves look better in purple than they do in any other color. Well, at least you stopped his self-detonation, that's worth celebrating even if you still have to fight him a little extra. Never mind, he's charging up again. Oh yeah, Mimosa's here. Mercury makes for a shitty mirror, but it's still a mirror, at least in this universe. "I'm the greatest", they say about the guy who got stabbed three times at once several episodes ago. Time to turn this into a literal cage match. I remember back when Asta thought he could only have one rival, I do like how he's more open to the competition of it now. Meanwhile, Rhya's regretting everything. "If there's one thing I hate, it's selflessness." If not for the context, Patry's screaming face wouldn't be out of place in one of the comic relief moments. And then he got swallowed by the edge. Thank god Asta's so dumb, the worst it's doing to him is giving him migraines. Great, now he's saying the same thing over and over again. He's so conflicted right now. "BARK!" "NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Hate begets hate, or so they say. It's a miracle that I enjoy this show as much as I do despite its obvious flaws, guess that meme bell curve that says only the really smart and really dumb unironically like Black Clover has some truth to it. SUCCESS! Kick his ass, regular Licht. He says concrete, yet he produces iron instead. 😞 Nice of you to join us, Elf!Char. Yami, still the greatest. ANIME CLICHE #161: The more tumultuous the relationship, the better their teamwork is. Yeah, so there's actually a post-credits scene that Toonami cut and probably won't acknowledge on account of being Black Clover, but the gist of it is, the bird that's always hanging around Asta pecks Finral awake while he's being healed and tells him, in human words, to take them to "the demon bones". Normal words, but an anti-bird. (Bullhorn.) VENTO AUREO - To be useful or not to be useful, that is the question. Useful it is! Lucky for you, there are plenty of seats left to recline. Oh shit, it's getting smarter! Or maybe it was just the booze. [presses Easy Button] Huh, so some STANDs don't even know that's what they're called. You can't not love rubber-based abilities. Finally, it bleeds! 😁 Welcome to the bizarre, Foley-repelling world of STAND abilities, Trish. Use them wisely. That's right, she has the ability to make things both soft and hard. SHIT COUNT, ACT 1: 2. There are no weak STANDs, only weak users. These sound effects are cracking me up. If only all targets of strong female characters were as genderless and deserving of death as Notorious Chase. "Weird, but in a good way." Like all STAND names, basically. Does something count as failing the Bechdel Test if a man's mentioned in conversation even once? Aw shit, don't tell me... JOESTARS + ENEMY STANDS + BEING ON A PLANE = COMPLETE DISASTER. Ohhhhhhh fuck it's huge as hell now. SHIT COUNT, ACT 2: 1. If even a single cell survives, it'll always come back. GO TRISH GO. I bet "Wanna-Be's" is a reference to something too. Oh don't act like you didn't suspect she had these abilities ten episodes ago. EAT IT, BITCHMEAT. It's official, this STAND is too OP. Thank god Araki is creative in how they get taken down with certain characters in play. This part sure has a thing for characters losing limbs. And then it became the Kraken. Ironic how the straightest episode has the gayest group pose. Just another thing that makes this show so... bizarre. 😉 That maid's gonna die. IT JUST WORRRRRKS! Oh damn, the boss is entering the game now. I guess leaving the maid confused is better than leaving her dead. POWER - I like to think of Toshiyuki Tsuru's distinct directorial footprint beyond mere visuality to be a mix of two factors. The first is a bait-and-switch; taking a hook that'll draw your average viewing audience in and surprising them with something deeper and greater executed than anything suggested in the promotional materials. The second is a marriage of contrasts, balancing epic clashes you wouldn't see in real life with tales of the human toll that comes as a result of those clashes that are all too familiar in the world today. Tsuru is a director of contrast. His work is underappreciated, and he's lucky that he has several fans, myself included, there to appreciate all he's done in his few works as a chief director. That said, this arc could've used a little less crying kids. 9.95/10. It was great, but it still ain't no Gungrave #14. Funny thing is, we did get Lemmiwinks 2 eventually... in the form of "Bass to Mouth". [or maybe it was ass to trout]

Yeah, you should hit up the new general ratings thread when you get the chance (read: when I eventually post in it again). My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 6

Due to the unfortunate events in Hawaii this week, the MHA simuldub has hit a snag and will be postponed until further notice. 12:00 - My Hero Academia #85 - School Festival Start!! - TV-14 12:30 - Paranoia Agent #3 - Double Lips - TV-MAS 1:00 - Mob Psycho 100 #1 - Self-Proclaimed Psychic: Reigen Arataka ~And Mob~ - TV-14V 1:30 - Black Clover #116 - The Ultimate Natural Enemy - TV-14V 2:00 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind #25 - Spice Girl Spicy Lady - TV-MAV 2:30 - Naruto Shippuden #295 - Power: Final Episode - TV-PGV I'm gonna feel like shit if it turns out there were events in Hawaii responsible for the holdback...